Press Release
STATE ELECTIONS ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION
ANNOUNCES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
HARTFORD, CT—January 12, 2012. The State Elections Enforcement Commission announced
today the appointment of Sebastian N. Giuliano as its new Executive Director and General Counsel.
Sebastian Giuliano will serve as the Commission’s Executive Director and General Counsel, following the departure of Albert P. Lenge, who retired in September 2011. He will be the 6th person to hold the position since the agency was created in the early 1970’s. Prior to accepting the position, Giuliano, a life-long Connecticut resident, served three terms as Mayor of the City of Middletown.
Mr. Giuliano is a committed and dynamic leader and an experienced attorney, practicing law in
Connecticut for more than 20 years. After graduating from Boston College in 1975, he attended and graduated from Catholic University in 1978 with his law degree. He also attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Commissioner Stephen Cashman said, “In light of the challenges we face in the area of public campaign financing and agency consolidation issues, I have every confidence that Sebastian Giuliano possesses the knowledge and experience to lead the Commission, and I welcome him to his new position.” The Commission has been actively searching for the right candidate to fill the position, but Mr. Giuliano stood out from a crowded field of applicants. Commissioner Cashman added, “We believe he is the right guy for the job.”Mr. Giuliano takes the position at the beginning of an election year for the Connecticut General Assembly, the third such election where public financing from the Citizens’ Election Fund will be available. The Commission has also recently been merged into the Office of Governmental Accountability, though it remains a substantially independent watchdog agency. The Elections Commission is responsible for enforcing all election law in Connecticut as well as providing campaign finance advice and serving as the repository for all state-wide campaign finance reports and committee registrations. Since 2005, the Commission has been home to the Citizens’ Election Program, a groundbreaking effort to publically finance Connecticut campaigns and restore trust in the electoral process. It was created in the wake of years of scandal in Connecticut politics.
Mr. Giuliano’s appointment is effective January 20, 2012
Best of Luck, Seb. We knew you would be on to bigger things! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Seb...
ReplyDeleteGood luck Mayor, they are lucky to have you.
ReplyDeleteCongratulation Seb. The cities lost is the states gain.
ReplyDeleteWelfare for politicians, pure and simple.
ReplyDeleteThe State has gained a true public servant! Good Luck Mayor and thanks for your past service to Middletown!
ReplyDeleteAlthough you may have been the most intelligent and competent mayor we've ever had, I think you are even better qualified for this new position. Election finance reform is probably the only chance America has to restore a functioning democracy. Connecticut has addressed this problem, but creative and capable leadership at the national level is scarce. I hope you'll jump in and help us all out. Thanks for your hard work of the past six years, and in advance for your future efforts.
ReplyDeleteWhat a bunch of worms hiding behind your "Anonymous" tags. Pathetic!
ReplyDeleteFormer Middletown Mayor Sebastian Giuliano should not get this job. He does not have the ability to be objective in this position. He is a partisan Republican first and foremost. In the last mayoral election he ran a very negative campaign against the current Mayor Dan Drew. Fortunately, the voters did not buy into his negative campaign and he was defeated after 6 long years. In addition, he tried to deprive people of the right to vote-Wesleyan University Students. How can anybody in their right mind say a person or group of people cannot vote? This is not the 1800's! How can he be objective as the Executive Director of the Connecticut Elections Enforcement Commission with this in his history? If a case comes up and he has to make a decision anybody would just know he would rule in favor of the Republicans not the Democrats. Also, not to mention the fact the way he was elected Mayor in 2005. He allowed the Middletown Police Department to trap the current Mayor Dominique Thornton and arrest her on a phony charge of DUI.
ReplyDeleteAfter this incident Candidate Giuliano did not say one word about what the Middletown Police Dept did to the current Mayor. He did not disavow his ties to the Middletown Police Dept during this time as a candidate for Mayor. The charges against former Mayor Thornton were nolle but the damage was done Giuliano won the race in 2005 because of this.